Box-blank.



J. H. GREENSTREBT BOX BLANK.

APPLIQATIOH FILED 1120.6, 1911,

3 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

111911111 July 16, 19.12.

J. H. GREENSTREET.

B0X BLANK.

APPLICATION FILED DEO. 6, 1911.

' Patented July 16, 1912.

3 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

J. H. GREENSTREET.

BOX BLANK. APPLIOATION FILED 1320.6, 1911. 1,082,539. Patented Ju1y 16, 1912.

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' soir-BLANK.

application filed December 6, 1911.

,Speceaton of Letters Patent.

Serial No. 664,296.

a A'new and useful Eon-Blank, of which the` following is a specification.

rlhe object of my invention is to produce a box blank of such torin that it may be folded into a stiff and substantial packing box.

' proposed single sheet and of such material that it can be exed not only along the lines 11, 12, 13, 14 and 15 transversely of the length ot the blanln but also along the lines .16

and 17 longitudinally ofthe blank, the sheet being thus vdivided into as many main sections 18, 19, Q0, 21 as there are sides of the box, with end flaps QQ'and 23 and two cleat flapsQe at opposite ends of the main sections.

ln practice l make the sheet of a single piece of paper or pulp board, butit Will be readily understood that the material may be Widelyvaried and severalpieces flexibly joined together in various Ways Without departing from my invention.

rirhe inner tace ot' each ap 24 is laid upon cured to the side face ot a cleat 25 editable means., such staples 26 are cornrnonly in use in this art.

lfhe adjacent ends or the cleats are formed in anysuitable manner to abut or overlap when the completed blank is folded. In the torni sho'vvn in the drawings, each cleat is provided on its inner edge with a groove 27 tor the reception ot an end plate or.

board 55d.

To ltold my improved blank into box form, the cleats 25, with the llaps 24 are lirstfolded, onlines land 17, through an angle of The main sect-ions of the blank may then be folded on lines 12', 13 and 14 in the usual manner to bring the ends oi the cleats together. Flap '23 will. be iinally folded ener flap Q2 and the adjacent portion of section 18 and the bon held closed by ,tacks 29 driven through flap 23 and secu tion 18 into the underlying cleat.

li desired, a wire boundv box may be produced'by applying binding Wires 31 to the sheet material inside ci lines 16 and 17 but preferably close enough thereto to over-- lie the cleats when the cleats are swung to their final edgewise position under the sheet. K

If desired, the cleats, at the time ci attachment to the sheet, and during shipment in blank form, may have their1 ends so formed as to abut, as shown in 6. `With this' form of cleats, the sheetcannot be col lapsed along the lines 12, 13 and llduring shipment, and the cleat ends require further forming before the blank can be'folded into box town', ,v

l claim as my invention:

1I. A box blank comprising a plurality or" main body sections each having ioldable end flaps, and cleats attached sidewise to said end flaps and foldable with the end flaps to a position edgewise beneath the main sect-ions.

2. A box blank comprising a plurality ol' main body sections each having toldablo end flaps, cleats attached sidewise to said end flaps and ioldable with the end 'flaps to a position edgewise beneath the main sections, and binding Wires secured to the main sections independent of the cleats.

3. A box blank comprising a plurality oit. main body sections each 'having toldable end flaps, cleatsattached sidetvise to said end flaps and :toldable with the end flaps to a position `edgeivise beneath the main sec-V tions, and binding Wires secnredfto the main sections independent ol' the cleats but over-- lying the saine when the blank is brought Ato bon form.

fl. A box blank comprising a plurality ot main body sections each having toldable end draps, cleats secured sideivise' to said 4Flaps and toldable With the end flaps to a yposition edgevvise beneath the main sections, and binding Wires overlying the cleats lwhen the blank is brought to box form.

5. il.' bon blank comprising a single sheet of body material flexible along lines trans'- versely of the sheet to vform a"plural1tyoit main sections and flexible longitudinally ol the sheet to form oldable end flaps foreach main section, and cleats attached sdewise to said end flaps and foldable with the end flaps to a position edgeWise beneath the main sections.

6. A box blank comprising a single sheet of body material flexible along lines transversely of the sheet to forni a plurality 'of main sections and lexible longitudinally of the sheet to form oldable end aps for each main section, cleats attached sidevvise to said end laps and oldable with the end aps to a position edgewise beneath the main seetions,` and binding Wires attached independently to the sheet in position to. overlie the cleats when they are brought to edge-Wise position.

A In Witness whereof, l, have hereunto set my hand and'seal at Indianapolis, Indiana, this 13th day of November, A. D. one thousand nine hundred and eleven.

JASON H. GREENSTREETL [1.. 5.]

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` Washington, D. 0.. 

